Frederick nishwitz



@einen gisten sttnt @fitter FREDERICK NISHWITZ, OF BROOKLYN, `NEW YORK.

LcttersvPatent'Na 73,826, dated January 28, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERS.'

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK Nrsuwrrz, ot' Brooklyn, in the coupty of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which Inake part of this specieation, and in whichv Figure l represents a plan or top'view of' a harvester embracing my improvements, the'diagonal arm, to support one end of the dumpingbox, being shown in dotted lines.

` Figure 2 represents a view, in elevation', of the same, as seen from the rear, the red lines showing the dumping-box, partially tilted, to discharge the gavel. i i

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the line a: :l: of ig. I, the position of the dumping-box, 4when tilted, being shown in red lines.

Figure 4 is a view ofthe under side, of the dumping-box.

Figure 5 is a view, in detail, ofthe rolling 'ulcruui of the dumpingfbox, with its supporting-arm ana guide.

Figure G is a view showing in detail the apparatus for tilt-ing the dumping-box, the red lines showing the relative position of the respective parts when tilted.4

Figure 7 is a View of the inner post and reel pulleys; -and FigureS is a view showing the mode of adjusting the aupporting-arm, which carries the dumping-box, in order to vary the inclination of. the latter.

My invention relates to that class of harvesters in which the cut grain is swept ofthe platform on `which it falls as it is out, by brushes, teeth, or ribs on one or more of the reel-blades or beaters; and the object of my improvements is to deliver the grain in gevels suitable for binding, out of the way of the team in cutting the next swath. v

To this end the improvements herein claimed consist, first, in a dumping-box mounted-on a rolling ful crum, and tipping diagonally to the path of the machine; second, in combining a curved or concave platform with adiagonally-tilting dumping-box; third, in combining a reel-rake and a curved or concave platform with a diagonally-tilting dumping-box; fourth, in combining'a reelarakewith a tilting dumping-box; fifth, in combining with a dumping-boxtlting diagonally to the path of the machine, a.- tilting-lever, operated by either the hund or foot of the driver, or by both combined; sixth, in a device for maintaining thev dumping-box in proper position while tilting or 'rolling on its fulcrum or support; seventh,in a device forivarying the angle of inclination of the dumping-box with respect to the platform.. i

In the accompanying drawings, (which exemplify one convenient mode of carrying out the objects of my invention,) my improvement is shown as applied to a two-Wheeled, side-draught, front-cut mowing-rnachine, known as the Monitor Mower, and described in Letters Patent of the United States, numbered 46,488, granted to me, February 21, 1865, for improvement in harvesters. It is obvious, however, that the invention herein claimed might be modified in various ways, and adapted to other machines without departing from the spirit of my improvements. I Y

In this instance, the main trame A is supported upon two main driving-wheels, B, which drive thecutters through proper gearing. A tongue, C, projects from the front of the frame, and a drivers seat, D, is mounted upon the rear of the frame. A linger-beam, E, is hinged to the front inner corner ot' the main frame, in auch manner as to permit it freely to conform to the undulations of' the ground over which it is drawn. A concave platform, F, which I prefer to havecurved in the arc of a. circle, of which the reel-shaft forms the centre, is attached to a frame, consisting of two sidepieces,'G Gr', upon which, in this instance, the reel-posts or standards HH carrying a reel,l I, are mounted, the'inner post, H, being mounted on the front of the frame, While the one on the grain-side is mounted upon the rear of the frame. Itis obvious, however, that an overhu'ng reel might be used, if preferred,lthat is, one supported at the inner end only. I prefer to make the arms of this rcel longer than is usual, so that they may the better 'reach and bring back to the cutters leaning grain; and I susp'end'the reel at a proportionately greater height above the platform. Asmall grain-'wheel supports the divider-end of the platform. The platform is provided with suitable dividers and grain-guards, J J', at each end. An arm, K, attached to and projecting diagonally behind the inner rear corner ot' this frame, supports' a tilting dumping-box or platform, L, provided with a pin, l, which enters an eye, 7c, on the arm K, and thus forms a pivot on which the dumping-box L turns. A pin, l', g. 4,.on the front outer corner of -this box, rests upon the frame-piece G' 'when the dumping-box-` is horizontal, and" supports that end of the dumping-bon. A sector or rolling fulcrum, M-, on the under sident the dumping-box, is provided with teeth, which, as the dumping-box is tilted, successively enter a row of holes in the supporting-arm K, in order to allow of thenecessary tilting motion, land at the same time prevent the slipping of- 'the dumping-box. A pin, m, on the sector M, travels in a guide, m', on the supporting-arm K, (see iig. 5,) and still further serves to hold the sector and dumping-box in their'proper positions relatively to the platform F.

The platform, frame, 'and dumping-box above described, can readily be attached to or removed from the machine, being provided, for that purpose, with bifurcated lugs b, fig. 3, which slip on the finger-beam and hold lthe -frame securely. A hook and staple, j, or other suitable fastening, holds the divider-side of the frame secure, while the gearing-side is secured by a link, jl, which is attached to the linger-beam in front, and hooks into the arm K in the rear, (see iig.1.) The innerl rear corner of the'platform-frame is sustained by a chain,j2, hooked into a standard, a, on the inner rear corner of the main frame. The dumping-box extends' across the whole width ofthe platform, and extends somewhat beyond it on the gearingside. It is tilted by means of a link, n, pivoted at one end to a hook, ZZ, or other suitable connection on its vinner'front corner, and at it's other` to a rocking-lever, N, pivoted upon the frame, and so constructed as.to be operated Aeither'by the hand v or `foot of the driver, (see tig. 6.) The reel is'driveniby a band encircling a pulley onV the main axle, and passing over. pulleys h lh"on the reel-post before encircling the pulley on the `reel-shaft. The arm K (see fig. 8) is supported on a pivot, c, on which itfturns,'being held in :my desired position bythe slot and Aset-screw lc'l. The raising or lowering of the outer end of this arm correspondingly varies the inclination of tlie' lum'ping-box.

Theoperation of the machine is as follows: As the machine advances, the standing grain is swept back by the reel, severed by the cuttirig-apparatus` and falls upon the platorm. When the arm I', carrying the raketeeth, comes round, the gavel which has accumulated upon the plutform is vswept backwards, head` foremost, over the concave platformll, into the dumping-box L. When a gavel oipropel' size has accumulated in4 the dumping-box, the driver tilts the dumping-box by moving therocking-lever N backwards into the position `'shown by the red lines in 6, thus causing the dumping-box to roll over upon its pivots M and l, by depressing its inner front corner, until it assumes Athe position shown in r'ed inV figs. 2, 3, and 6. As the dumpingbox turns on its pivotsM and Z, the gavel is dropped upon the ground, in the track of the inner drivingwheel, in a compact bundle, where it is out of the path ofthe horses in cutting the next swath. When releasedbythe driver, the dumping-box resumes its original position, and the' above-described operation is repeated. Several gavels may be allowed tovaccumulate in the box before being dumped, if desired. The peculiar manner inwhich .thebox is tilted causes the gavel to roll or turn over in falling, and thus forms a compact bundle, and prevents scattering. By reference to fig. 3, it will be seen that owing to the diagonal arrangement of its pivots,vthe dumping-box can be tilted without coming in contactl with the reel-ribs, as it rolls away from the reel in tilting.

What 'I claim herein'as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is` l 1. VA dumping-box tilting diagonally on a rolling fulcrum, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of a concave platform 'with a diagonally-tilting dumping-box, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a reel-rake, a cpncave platform, anda diagonally-tilting dumping-box, substantially as described.

4. Thel combination` of a. reel-rake with a dumping-box, tilting diagonally to the reel-shaft, substantially as *,f'described.

5. The combinatiomwith the tilting dumping-box, of the tilting-lever, operuted either by the hund or foot `ot' the driver,.or by both combined, substantially as described.l l

6. The combination of the projeciing supporting-arm K with the tilting-platform or dumping-box, rolling fnlcrum, and retainingguide, -substantially as described. v

7..'The adjustable' supporting-armV K, constructed und arranged as described. In testimony-whereof, I hate hereunto subscribed my name. y

' F. NISHWITZ.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. LEE, C. H. TIEBOU'T. 

